Artists

Big line up in East London this weekend for the launch of Venice Calypso’s debut solo EP on Senseless. Check out his killer tracks on the first Synesthesia from last year HERE. We’ve teamed up with Destroy Culture (http://www.destroyculture.biz/) and fashion website Flash Fads (http://www.flashfads.com/) to bring a full night of cutting edge music and fashion to a basement club in East London. Give the Olympics a rest and get involved.

Next up in the Senseless podcast Sarantis has gone IN on this hour and a half mix of juke, soca, grime, bashment and all kinds of other shit mega mix. No track list because it’s packed full of unreleased material from Sarantis, Lenkemz Parly B and other Senseless family. Hype!

Some DIY iPhone footage of the Senseless showcase ft Murlo, Lenkemz, Sarantis, Deville, Mak & Pasteman, MC Ishu. Thx to Uppercut and The Meteor stage for having us down. Amazing times on an amazing stage, we brought the carnival flex to Saturday afternoon. Boom!

Zebra F:”king Katz is in the building, this Friday. We’ve teamed up with Hyperlink and Long Clothing to bring one of the hottest new MCs in the world direct from Brooklyn to a very, very small club in East London. Playing live with Njena Red Foxx. Support from Venice Calypso (new EP on Senseless this summer) Das Boot and the Hyperlink/Long Clothing gang. Get down early.

Better late than never we’re launching our podcast series where we get artists, friends and fam to boil up some straight heat. First up one of our favourite artists and a long time Senseless collaborator, Murlo. A big bashy blend of dancehall and funky with plenty of his own edits and productions.

Senseless touches down on the mighty Meteor stage at Glade this weekend. The line up for just this one stage is quite simply insane with crews like Earnest Endeavours, Robox Neotech and our boys Donky Pitch joining us. Huge shouts to the Uppercut crew for creating the stage, the DJ Box is a UFO with a dancefloor packed with underfloor bass.

We’re bringing the full crew for the showcase repping the whole spectrum of Senseless sounds from bashment, dub and reggae to grime, house, electro and everything in between.

Better late than never we’re launching our podcast series where we get artists, friends and fam to boil up some straight heat. First up one of our favourite artists and a long time Senseless collaborator, Murlo. A big bashy blend of dancehall and funky with plenty of his own edits and productions.

Here is part two of the Synesthesia series celebrating Senseless Records’ fifth birthday. Each LTD edition record (250 copies) comes in a hand screen printed sleeve with a poster inside illustrating one of the five senses, each time by a different artist.

For this one, it’s sight. Musically that’s all about looking forward so three of the best new bass music producers have been drafted in. First up Mak & Pasteman, a duo who have been making a lot of noise with releases on Sound Of Sumo and Shifting Peaks. The duo drop ‘Void’, a high tech bass bomb built around a carefully chosen sample that devastates right from the start. Bobby Friction has already playlisted it on his BBC show.

Next up NKC, who impressed with last years ‘Pyramids’ EP, drops ‘Errthing’ matching up some ballroom house attitude with a huge siren like bassline and a stuttering 4×4 beat, early support from Ikonika and Greenmoney. Then we get German duo JTRP, known for their work on T.William’s highly regarded Deep Teknologi imprint, ‘Nothing To Do Here’ builds rattling percussion and their signature tech-atmosphere into a deadly drop that comes out of nowhere, built for basements from Berlin to Brooklyn. Digital exclusives come from NKC with the retro futuristic house jam ‘Finale’ and JTRP with their basic channel-meets-UK funky ‘Apparition’.

Artwork comes from Brighton based Katie Scott who’s arresting and varied work is intricate and detailed, balancing technical ability with a wild creative streak.

Space, ladies Medusa was signed within a day of it being uploaded to Soundcloud after the label were introduced to their music by fellow Senseless artist The Phantom. Also like the Phantom they’ve cooked up their own very unique and exciting sound, fusing elements of classic house and electro with modern bass music. Medusa is minimal in the best possible way building in to a wide open breakdown with time-stretched vocals before snapping back in to a tight 808 rhythm and detroit-like stabs. Fields is all about lush atmospheric pads and a very well chosen vocal sample from a famous singer who better remain nameless.

A great set of remixes comes from Mary Ann Hobbes favourite IO who keeps things old school and house, then Kiev who blends in UK funky influences by way of Venezuela. Sentel, also Polish drop a huge techno style bomb and Sarantis does his high-octane juke with characteristic style and swagger.